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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

on The Chosen

I mentioned earlier that john and i have big plans this summer, one of which is to read a ton! I have decided to do my own rating of these books. With the disclaimer that I am not the best person to ask when it comes to great books. Most of the books I read in my English, American and AP Literature classes in high school I did not care for. And since then I have only read newer books with compelling covers. I DO judge a book by its cover.But after being a little bored with current fiction (at least what I was reading) After a few Jodi Piccoult books I could write the next one and no one would know it wasn't her. So I have taken a few cues from other books I am reading and getting a little more cultured. If you have any suggestions, please feel free!

here is my criteria, I will give between 1 and 10 winks for how it rates.

title: 7 whole winks, major reason I chose the book

cover artwork: 1 wink, but it was written in 1967 so who can be picky?

"I want to finish this book": 5 winks

relational insight: 5 winks

emotionally charged: wink wink, I do not cry easily at books

better than Picoult?: Potok wins, much winks.

did I learn something?: 6 winks!

The book is set in the 1940s in New York and is about a Orthodox Jew and a Hasidic Jew and their families. Good read Potok.

p.s. something I like about using winks to rate books, is imagining you reading this and trying wink 6 times. Fun!